Car and wagon loader.



F. L. SIMPSON.

CAR AND WAGON LOADER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 15, 1909.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.-

I abbauen? FREDERICK L. SIMPSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CAR AND WAGON LOADER.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. SnursoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car and Wagon Loaders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved car and Wagon loader especially adapted for use for receiving earth from scoops, carts, or other vehicles and loading the same on cars or wagons and the said invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying` drawings z-F igure 1 is a perspective of a loader constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the same with its platform raised in position to discharge earth or other material onto a car or wagon. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of the platform and the delivery chute thereon.

The ground frame of my improved loader is here shown as comprising a pair of sills 1 and cross pieces 2 which connect them together. For a suitable distance from their outer ends, the said sills are provided with lateral extensions 3 which are beveled or inclined on their upper sides to facilitate the driving` of a scoop, cart or the like across the said end portions of the sills so that the contents of the same may be dumped on the platform of the loader. Near the inner ends of the sills are uprights 4L which are connected to the sills by hinges 5 so that the said uprights may be folded horizontally upon the sills and disposed compactly and out of the way when the loader is not in use. Braces 6 are employed, the upper ends of which are pivotally connected to the uprights as by means of staples7 and the-lower ends of which are bent to lie flat upon the sills and are provided with bolts or other suitable securing devices 8 whereby the said braces may be firmly secured to the sills and employed to maintain the uprights in vertical position. A The uprights are connected together near their upper ends by a cross bar 9.

The platform 10 is provided with a pair of side bars 11, the width of the platform being such that the said side bars may bear against the inner sides of the sills of the ground frame and the said side bars of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1909.

Patented Nov. S, 1910.

serial No. 502,299.

g platform are pivotally connected to the sills, near the inner ends of the latter, as by means of a pivot rod 12. Hence the said platform may be raised and lowered. Hoisting ropes 13 are here shown which are connected to the side bars of the platform as at 14 and pass over direction sheaves 15 which are at the Lipper ends of the uprights. A horse or other draft animal may be hitched to the outer ends of the hoisting ropes and alternately driven forward and back in order to raise and lower the platform as will be understood.

Disposed transversely on the platform and adjustable longitudinally thereon is a delivery chute 16 which is provided with side boards 17, the lower ends of which bear on the side bars 11 of the platform. The lower edge of the chute bears and is slidable on the platform boards. The braces 18 of the chute bear at their lower portions against the inner sides of the side bars 11 of the platform and are connected thereto by means of a bolt rod 19 the ends of which operate in longitudinal slots 20 with which the side bars of the platform are provided. The said bolt 19 is here shown as made of two sections with their inner ends oppositely screw threaded and connected together by a turn-buckle 21. It will be understood that the chute is adjustable longitudinally on the platform so that when the platform is raised the chute may be disposed at any desired elevation according to the heightof the wagon or car to be loaded. It will be further understood that the earth or other material having been dumped on the platform by the scoop when the platform is raised to an inclined position as shown in Fig. 1, the earth or other material thereon passes downwardly over the delivery chute and is directed by the latter onto the car or wagon which is to be loaded.

My improved loader is extremely simple, may be operated at slight expense and is adapted when not in use to be coinpactly disposed so as to occupy but little space.

What is claimed is 1. In a loading apparatus, a pair of suitably connected sills, uprights connected therewith, a platform-carrying frame pivotally supported between the sills, a chute member slidahly and adjustably connected with the platform-carrying frame, and suitably guided hoisting elements for elevating the platform-carrying frame.

QIn a loading apparatus, a base frame including oppositely screw-threadedrods exincluding suitably connected sills, uprights tending through the braces and through the supported upon the sills, a frame pivotally slots in the frame bars and a turn buckle supported between the sills and having a connecting said rods.

5 load-carrying platform connected therewith, In testimony whereof I afx my signature i5 said frame including longitudinally slotted in presence of two Witnesses. Y side rails, a chute extension slidably sup- FREDERICK L. SIMPSON. ported with reference to the platform and l Vitnesses: having braces engaging the inner sides-of ALF lV. SWEDBERG,

10 the slotted frame bars, and connecting means CHAS. FLETCHER, JI'. 

